| When Life Stinks, Find Your Joy! |
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| Issue No. 28 |
March 13, 2009 |
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SEND ME JOY! |
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Kelly Epperson
PO Box 2324
Loves Park, IL 61131
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Wow.
I've fallen in love. This time, it's a place. I just got back from Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC. Gor-geous! The mountains and the trees and the unseasonably warm temps swept me off my feet. Hope to go back in the fall to see the mighty majestic colors.
I have not unpacked yet, but need to do so since I will be packing again. March 19-22 is Vegas trip; March 22-31 is California; April 2-5 is a conference in... Vegas again. Maybe I could get a parttime job as a dealer. I'm too old and too flat for cocktail waitress.
I'm also too tired to self-edit. Sleep is calling my name.
Words to ponder:
"I think TV is very educational. Every time someone turns on the TV, I go into the other room and read."
Groucho Marx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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| Joy = Love |
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.
--George Eliot
Puppy love? I'm not the only one who crushes. Many of you do too:
"After 50 years, I still have a crush on Pat Boone. (You'll probably have to Google to find out who he is!) 50 years. That's devotion. I still love that man. He made the world tolerable for me when I was a teen."
Pat McC
Pat Boone rocks!
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Joy = Music |
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Lyrics I love:
there's never a wish better than this
when you only got 100 hundred years to live
John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting dude)
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| Joy = Love Thy Self |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS
by Portia Nelson
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I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.
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I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place
but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to getout.
III
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
IV
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
V
I walk down another street.
(THANKS, KGB FOR SHARING THIS!)
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| Joy = Wisdom |
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"People often say to me, 'Zig, motivation is great but it doesn't last.'
I just tell them, Bathing doesn't last either, that's why I recommend it daily."
-Zig Ziglar
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| Joy Droppings |
| What brings me joy lately?
* CDs made just for me and the people who make them for me
* smart car with premium sound system and heated seats
* airplanes, pilots, flight attendants, and extra leg room in the exit row
* my iPod, and whoever thunk it up in the first place * free wifi
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| Joy = You |
Birthdays should be celebrated! It's all about you, baby! And cake! And drinks! And funny cards! And making wishes! And whatever you want! Anyone wanting a sprinkle of birthday fairy dust, give me a jingle!
Be extra nice this week to:
Solvej J, Rockford, IL (or somewhere :)
Laura E, Davis, IL
Pat H, Machesney Park, IL (A MILESTONE YEAR!)
Terri L, Pecatonica, IL
Bettie E, Abingdon, IL
Holly Hughes - 14!
Blake E, Mulvane, KS (HI BLAKE!!!)
Belated Milestone Birthday Greetings to Minta G in Greenville, SC! I was blessed to spend some time with Minta in gorgeous Greenville last week. I am a lucky girl and I know it.
When February birthday joy prize winner Tanya Edmundson read that I was off to Asheville, NC, she wrote me that the Blue Ridge Parkway is heaven on earth and she is right. I am already planning to return. Besides a joy notepad/pencil, I picked up a twig, a pinecone, and an evergreen spray from the Parkway woods for Tanya. And a handmade Appalachian soap from the Folk Arts Center. (I know. All prior winners are thinking, "All I got was a magnet.")
(New JOY seekers/spreaders: Let me know your bday. At the end of each month, I draw a name and one birthday person gets a joy present in the mail.)
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| Joy = Books & Movies |
Book Pick This Week = anything by Dr. Seuss; his bday was March 3
Flick Pick This Week = The Grinch (any version)(it's okay to watch year round) |
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| Quote Junkie |
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To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
--Shakespeare
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| Joy=Travel |
Still savoring the beauty...........................
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| Joy = Right Here, Right Now |
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I have a wooden sign in our family room that reads: The Time To Be Happy Is Now.
Maybe I bought it for my boys, maybe I bought it for me. They're pretty happy boys.
I get the email poem frequently that has the refrain "You better slow down, don't dance so fast, time is short, the music won't last." I say it all the time, life is short. I got another email recently that worded it as "It's later than you think."
The time to be happy is now.
So what are we waiting for?
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| Joy =French Lesson |
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One of the best lessons to learn from the French:
Take a two hour lunch, have a nice meal, a nice glass of wine, and some lively conversation. If we all took a true midday break, every day, we would have less stress.... and world peace. |
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Joy = Shameless Self Promotion |
Holy smokes, good ideas are bubbling and coming soon;
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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people
who have the habit of making excuses.
~George Washington Carver
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| Joy = Technology |
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It was March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call. We've come a long way, baby! Thank you, Mr. Bell!
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| Joy= Punny Funny |
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> Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
> A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
> A dyslexic man walked into a bra.
> An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
> I went to buy some camouflage pants the other day, but I couldn't find any.
THANKS to the PUN provider!
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| Joy = Girl Power |
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Women's History Month Lecture Series:
Sunday, March 22, 2 pm
Midway Village, Rockford, IL Dr. Catherine Forslund of Rockford College presents Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, who started modern White House practices and established the Office of the First Lady. Rock star! Visit www.midwayvillage.com for more details.
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| Joy = Go for it |
The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
~Sally Berger
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| The Laws of the Universe |
Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.
Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
Law of Probability -The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
Law of the Alibi - If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.
Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.
Law of Close Encounters -The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
Law of the Theater - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.
Murphy's Law of Lockers - If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
THANKS, JOE H for laying down the laws.
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| Love All, Serve All, Save the Planet |
I believe that we are here to contribute love
to the planet--each of us in our own way.
--Bernie Siegel, MD
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| Joy = Growth |
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
-Ana�s Nin
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...tune playing at the moment....
We may never pass this way again.
Seals & Crofts |
Wishing you rest. Sweet dreams. And sweet awakenings.
joyfully, xx kelly
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